FIRM H. —Information obtained.—Wage list, 3rd week in every month, 1895-98. Every week in 1899, and eight special weeks. Wages of three hands tabulated throughout period.
Work done.—Printers' folding, sewing, magazines. No bookbinding. Twenty-four to thirty-eight hands. Median very variable; e.g., July, 1899, 14s. 2d., 16s. 6d., 13s. 7d., 15s. 10d.
| s.d. | s.d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 1st half-year | 11 5 | 2nd half-year | 13 3 |
| 1896 | 1st half-year | 13 10 | 2nd half-year | 12 4 |
| 1897 | 1st half-year | 12 11 | 2nd half-year | 10 2 |
| 1898 | 1st half-year | 11 5 | 2nd half-year | 16 0 |
| 1899 | 1st half-year | 13 1 | 2nd half-year | 14 1 |
General trend to 13s.
| Feb. 15th, 1895. | Aug. 16th, 1895. | Jan. 24th, 1898. | March 9th, 1898. | Oct. 7th, 1898. | Aug. 25th, 1899. | Sept. 15th, 1899. | April 6th, 1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack. | Typical. | Busy. | Slack. | Busy. | Typical. | |||
| 23s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 19s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 18s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17s. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 16s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 14s. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13s. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12s. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11s. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10s. | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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| 9s. | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 8s. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7s. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6s. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5s. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (3 learners) | ||||||||
| 4s. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3s. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median | 11s. | 9s.4d. | 10s. 3d. | 15s. 6d. | 17s. | 9s. 3d. | 14s. 7d. | 17s. 2d. |
FIRM I. —Publishers and bookbinders. No printers' folding. Information obtained.—Wage lists: 2nd week in each month, October, 1898, to March, 1900. Total wages every week to March, 1900. Wages of nine hands tabulated throughout.
| Median varies from | Quarterly Averages (excluding Bank Holiday). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. | 1899. | 1899. | 1899. | 1899. | 1900. | ||
| s. d. s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Collators (18 to 23) | 11 0 to 21 4 | 20 2 | 19 3 | 16 9 | 13 4 | 20 8 | 17 3 |
| Sewers (27 to 40) | 7 0 to 15 6 | 14 0 | 12 8 | 9 10 | 8 6 | 13 6 | 13 0 |
| Folders (53 to 91) | 8 3 to 14 2 | 13 2 | 13 0 | 8 11 | 10 0 | 12 2 | 10 5 |
| Time workers putting in plates (17 to 22) | 13 0 to 16 4 | 15 8 | 15 11 | 13 6 | 13 4 | 15 0 | 14 0 |
48 hours: no record of overtime.